Crude-oil burner.



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CRUDE 'OIL BURNER. APPLICATION FILED mums, 1910] 1,030,104, Patented June 18, 1912.

SYLVESTER A. MANTONYA, F YATES CENTER, KANSAS.

CRUDE-OIL BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1912.

AppIication filed June 16, 1910. Serial No. 567,323.

'IONYA, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Yates Center, in the county of l/Voodson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crude-Oil Burners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to crude oil burners to be employed in box, cylinder, cook stoves and ranges and can also be employed in furnaces and under steam boilers; and this invention has for its object to provide a novel construction in crude oil burners in which the parts are so arranged as to be interchangeable in such manner that the accumulation of carbon will become pulverized and will therefore become easily removed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a crude oil burner in which the parts are so constructed and arranged that the flame is caused to pass vertically and horizontally before leaving the stove thus generating a greater quantity of heat and providing a more perfect combustion of the oil and waste material therein.

With these objects in view this invention consists in the novel construction of the drip pans, catch basins and hood all of which will be first fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the ap pended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the crude oil burner in position within a stove, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a crude oil burner showing the top of the hood removed.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the two figures in which;

1 indicates the burner and 2 the stove having the usual smoke pipe 3, it being of course understood that the stove as shown is diagrammatic and the form and shape of the same is immaterial as far as this present invention is concerned, the location of the drip pans 13' and 141.

the draft door being indicated by the letter A in Fig. 1.

The burner 1 comprises the bracket at which bracket 4: forms a vertical wall 5, said wall 5 having diverging sides 6 as clearly shown in the drawing and an inclined top or table 7 the extreme upper end of which is provided with a notch 8 for a purpose which will be hereinafter fully described.

9 and 10 indicate the catch basins which as shown in Fig. 1 are provided with flared sides 11 and 12 in such manner that the catch basins will neatly nest one within the other.

13 and 14 indicate the drip pans which as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are provided along their side edges with flaring walls 15 in such manner that the drip pans will neatly nest one within the other. The upper end of each of the drip pans 13 and 1 1 is provided with a hook 16, said hooks 16 entering the notch 8 in the top of the bracket 7 as clearly shown in the drawing.

17 indicates the hood which is provided with a vertical wall 18, said wall being preferably flanged at the bottom at 19 to form a base or support for the wall 18; and as shown in Fig. 2 the said wall 18 is preferably flared to allow greater space for the flame passing from the catch basins and also to provide ample room for the removal of A top 20 is loosely placed over the vertical wall 18 of the hood 17 'said top being provided with a flange 21 as shown in Fig. 1, this top 20 not being shown in Fig. 2. Entering the top 20 above the drip pans 13 and 1 1 is the oil feed pipe 22, said feed pipe being provided with a valve or cook 23 to cut off or regulate the flow of oil to the burner.

Having thus described the several parts of this invention its operation is as follows: In the application of this burner the catch basins are arranged in the stove in close proximity to the door through which the draft passes which air mixes with the gases causing combustion of the oil which is not consumed in its passage over the drip pan. The air passes thence over the drip pan and out through the smoke pipe 3. The burner 1 being placed within a stove, furnace or the like and the oil being piped to the same above the drip pans 13 and 14 asshown in Fig. 1, said oil passing from the supply pipe 22 drops upon the inclined drip pan 13 and runs downwardly into the catch basin 9 where the oil is burned. The flame passing from the catch basin 9 follows a vertical course up and over the top 20 of the hood 17 and out and over the smoke pipe 3 of the stove. This arrangement causes the hood 17 to catch and collect a large portion of the soot from the burning oil and by reason of the path which the flame is compelled to take the greater portion of the heat therefrom is utilized and a more perfect combustion effected.

As is well known to those skilled in the art in crude oil burners a large percentage of the same is waste material which forms into hard cakes of carbon residue in the burners. It is for the purpose of quickly and conveniently removing this residue that I have provided the nesting and interchangeable drip pans 13 and 14 and the nesting and interchangeable catch basins 9 and 10. lVhen the drip pan 13 and the catch basin 9 become coated or caked with the carbon the drip pans 13 and 1A are changed in such manner that the pan 14 receives the oil and the catch basins 9 and 10 are changed in such manner that the basin 10 catches the oil, the drip pan 13 and the catch basin 9 being then underneath the drip pan 13 and the catch basin 9. The flame from the burning oil on the drip pan 14 and in the catch basin 10 causes the caked carbon within the lower pans to become heated to such an extent that it crumbles or pulverizes and is therefore very easily removed. As soon, however, as the uppermost drip pan and catch basin become caked with the carbon residue the same are again interchanged and in a short time the carbon deposit on the lower drip pan and catch basin is burned by the heat to such an extent that the carbon is readily removed. It will therefore be seen that by means of this arrangement the burner can be used continuously having only to be discontinued long enough to interchange the drip pans and catch basins thus relieving the operator of the burner of considerable trouble and annoyance in ID2111- ually cleaning the drip pans and catch basins; but it will become at once apparent that by this construction the heat from the burner is not only utilized for heating or cooking purposes but at the same time is utilized as an agent for pulverizing the carbon residue and deposits from the drip pans and catch basins.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A crude oil burner comprising a bracket, drip pans carried thereon, said drip pans nesting one in the other, catch basins arranged under the lower edge of said drip pans, said catch basins nesting one in the other in such manner as to be interchangeable, a hood encompassing said drip pans, and means for introducing the oil on the surface of the uppermost drip pan on said bracket.

2. A crude oil burner comprising drip pans arranged angularly to receive the oil to be burned, said drip pans nesting one in the other, catch basins arranged under'the lower edge of said drip pans, said catch basins nesting one in the other and being interchangeable, and a hood encompassing the said drip pans.

3. A crude oil burner comprising drip pans arranged angularly to receive the oil to be burned, said drip pans nesting one in the other, and interchangeable catch basins arranged under the lower edge of said drip pans, said catch basins nesting one in the other and being interchangeable.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

SYLVESTER A. MANTONYA.

l/Vitnesses: p

H. F. STOCKEBRAND, R. N. KEMMERER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

